Hey everybody! SoulHorse here. This was originally going to be my submission for Grayza Week 2016, but it got too long, so multi-chap! :D Enjoy!

Prompt: Colors.

Soulmate AU!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

"In this world, love has no color, yet how deeply my body is stained by yours."

~ Izumi Shikbu ~

3rd Person's POV

Soulmate. In the world of Earthland, the word 'soulmate' was a sacred word. It was something everyone was looking for. Every person in Earthland had a soulmate. What was a soulmate? Well, it was pretty self-explanatory.

To go more in-depth though, this is what a soulmate was. To most, a soulmate was like a best friend, but more. It's the one person in the world who knows you better than anyone else. That someone makes you a better person. No, actually they don't make you a better person. You do that by yourself because they inspire you. A soulmate is someone you carry with you forever. It's one person who knew you, accepted you, and believed in you before anyone else did or when no one else would. And no matter what happens, you'll always love them and nothing could ever change that.

So, how do you find a soulmate? Well, in Earthland, everyone's soul is tattooed. Two soul mates' souls would be the same color with the same tattoo. And everyone has the ability to see souls. If you found your soulmate, then that person would give off an eerie glow of your soul color.

And what of this story? This story is about a girl who found her soulmate in a very peculiar way…

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Year X778

A girl, about 13 years old, stood in the rain as she gazed down upon a white tombstone. Her red hair was soaked, as she had no umbrella; only a raincoat. She knelt and placed a white rose on the grave. As she did, a teardrop ran off her cheek.

"Hey, you okay?" a voice asked.

Another girl with pink hair approached the redhead.

"Y-yeah," she whispered hoarsely. "I'm okay."

"Don't lie," another voice intervened. "We know you're not fine."

"I miss him, can't you tell?" the red haired girl demanded, tearing her gaze from the grave to look at the two girls.

The pink haired girl had her hair tied into a high ponytail, with black earmuffs and a red dress trimmed with gold and black stockings with boots. She wore a dark blue cloak and hood trimmed with white over her clothes. Her eyes were a reddish color and she looked about 11.

The girl who had intervened had dark purple hair and red eyes. She had white headband with bows at the end, a matching dark blue cloak, black boots, and a revealing dress. She looked about the same age as the redhead.

"You can't mourn him forever, Erza. It's been two years. You'd think he'd want you to move on already," the purple haired girl said.

Erza's head whipped towards the two girls.

"He was my soulmate," she hissed. "I can't not mourn for him!"

"But everyday? That's a bit of overkill," the pink haired girl said, half teasingly.

"What do you expect me to do?" Erza demanded.

The purple haired girl shrugged. "I don't know, go live your life maybe?" she drawled sarcastically. "I know he wouldn't want you to waste your life."

This time, it was the pink haired girl who answered. "Who knows. C'mon, let's head back to the apartment Erza. You're gonna get sick if you stay out here."

The redhead waved her hand dismissively. "No, you guys go ahead. I think I'll stay a little longer."

"I think not," Ultear said firmly. "Meredy, grab her other arm. We're dragging her home if we have to."

"Yes m'am!" Meredy saluted.

"Fine, fine, I'm up," Erza complained.

The 13 year old girl got up and glanced over at his grave, silently reading the inscription.

Jellal Sieghart Fernandes

Born Year X765 ~ Died Year X777

Age 11

"It's your words that give me courage. It became my light that would guide me towards the right path again."

Rest in Peace

~.~

Her soul's color and tattoo, which was the color of red and had a deep blue wizard with a hat as the tattoo (Crime Sorcière's guild mark). But the night Jellal Fernandes died, her tattoo changed. The color of her soul changed to a deep blue and her tattoo? A pale blue sword that was seemingly made of ice.

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It would be 4 years until she would meet him…the person who changed her world…

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And thanks for reading chapter 1! Not my best idea to make this a multi-chap, as I've already got plenty of stories to finish, but whatever :D I'll just roll with it. Until next time! SoulHorse, over and out.